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Deborah Ortega
Deborah Ortega was an at-large member of the Denver City Council in Colorado. Ortega assumed office in 2011. Ortega left office on July 17, 2023.
Ortega ran for election for Mayor of Denver in Colorado. Ortega lost in the general election on April 4, 2023.
Biography
Ortega worked for former Lt. Governor George Brown (D) and former U.S. Sen. Floyd Haskell (D) before accepting a position with former City Councilman Sal Carpio in 1979. After her first tenure on the city council, Ortega became the executive director of the Denver Homeless Commission and chairwoman of the Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corporation, an affordable housing nonprofit.[1][2]
Elections
2023
See also: Mayoral election in Denver, Colorado (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Denver
Michael Johnston defeated Kelly Brough in the general runoff election for Mayor of Denver on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Johnston (Nonpartisan) | 55.2 | 89,889 |
 | Kelly Brough (Nonpartisan) | 44.8 | 73,097 | |
| Total votes: 162,986 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Denver
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Denver on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Johnston (Nonpartisan) | 24.5 | 42,273 |
| ✔ | | Kelly Brough (Nonpartisan) | 20.1 | 34,627 |
 | Lisa Calderón (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 31,164 | |
 | Andy Rougeot (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 19,927 | |
 | Leslie Herod (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 18,506 | |
 | Chris Hansen (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 8,309 | |
 | Deborah Ortega (Nonpartisan) | 4.5 | 7,739 | |
 | Ean Tafoya (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 2,700 | |
| Terrance Roberts (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 1,757 | ||
 | Thomas Wolf (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 1,747 | |
 | Trinidad Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 1,240 | |
| Aurelio Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 755 | ||
 | Al Gardner (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 725 | |
 | James Walsh (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 722 | |
| Renate Behrens (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 184 | ||
| Robert Treta (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 169 | ||
 | Abass Yaya Bamba (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 24 | |
 | Jesse Parris (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 11 | |
 | Paul Fiorino (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | |
| Matt Brady (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | ||
 | Marcus Giavanni (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | |
| Danny F. Lopez (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 172,589 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sylvia Herring (Nonpartisan)
- Kwame Spearman (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew)
- Anna Burrell (Nonpartisan)
- Alex Valdez (Nonpartisan)
- Sean Gallegos (Nonpartisan)
- Kenneth Simpson (Nonpartisan)
- Alex Cowans (Nonpartisan)
- David E. Stevens (Nonpartisan)
2019
See also: City elections in Denver, Colorado (2019)
General election
General election for Denver City Council At-large (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Denver City Council At-large on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deborah Ortega (Nonpartisan) | 36.2 | 91,994 |
| ✔ |  | Robin Kniech (Nonpartisan) | 27.5 | 70,029 |
 | Tony Pigford (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 35,525 | |
 | Lynne Langdon (Nonpartisan) | 10.4 | 26,574 | |
 | Johnny Hayes (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 15,591 | |
| Jesse Parris (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 14,667 | |
| Total votes: 254,380 | |||
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2015
The city of Denver, Colorado, held elections for mayor and city council on May 5, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 11, 2015. All 13 city council seats were up for election. In the at-large race, incumbents Robin Kniech and Deborah Ortega defeated Jose Silva, Jeffery Washington and Kayvan Khalatbari.[3][4]
| Denver City Council, At-Large, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Deborah Ortega Incumbent |
38.4% | 55,512 | |
| Robin Kniech Incumbent |
30.3% | 43,697 | |
| Jeffery Washington | 12.8% | 18,430 | |
| Jose Silva | 10.9% | 15,780 | |
| Kayvan Khalatbari | 7.6% | 11,022 | |
| Total Votes | 144,441 | ||
| Source: City of Denver, "Official general election results," accessed May 19, 2015 | |||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Deborah Ortega did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Deborah Ortega completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ortega's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
- Protecting our unique neighborhoods and housing we can afford. - Combat growing traffic problems, with more transit options. - Create more parks, expand greenways and force cleanup of waste threatening lower-income residents
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
- Advancing sustainability - Affordable housing - Protecting our unique neighborhoods
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Denver Democrats, "Debbie Ortega," accessed Feb. 21, 2023
- ↑ Deborah Ortega's 2023 campaign website, "About," accessed Feb. 21, 2023
- ↑ City of Denver, "2015 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed May 6, 2015
- ↑ City of Denver, "Municipal Candidate Information Packet," accessed December 4, 2014
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